!!!Alpenbund

Alpenbund, Tyrolean resistance movement 1812/13, led by J. von 
Hormayr, encouraged by Archduke  Johann in order to organise a revolt 
against Napoleon. When  Metternich learned of the movement, Hormayr 
and his collaborator A. Schneider were arrested (1813), Archduke 
Johann was no longer allowed to enter Tyrol. The Alpenbund had no 
practical effect.

!Further reading
H. Klier, Der Alpenbund, doctoral thesis, Innsbruck 
1950.


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